béalchráifeach

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ cráifeach (“religious; pious, devout”).

Adjective

béalchráifeach (genitive singular masculine béalchráifigh, genitive singular feminine béalchráifí, plural béalchráifeacha, comparative béalchráifí)

sanctimonious

Declension

Declension of béalchráifeach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	béalchráifeach	bhéalchráifeach	béalchráifeacha; bhéalchráifeacha²
Vocative	bhéalchráifigh	bhéalchráifeach	béalchráifeacha
Genitive	bhéalchráifigh	béalchráifí	béalchráifeacha	béalchráifeach
Dative	béalchráifeach; bhéalchráifeach¹	bhéalchráifeach; bhéalchráifigh (archaic)	béalchráifeacha; bhéalchráifeacha²
Comparative	níos béalchráifí
Superlative	is béalchráifí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

bréagchráifeach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béalchráifeach	bhéalchráifeach	mbéalchráifeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"béalchráifeach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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